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The March 20 judgment had actually watered down the original 1989 legislation, stating they were utilizing its arrangements to file false criminal problems versus innocent individuals.

The Supreme Court on Monday maintained the Scheduled Castes and the Arranged Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Change Act of 2018, which nullified its own questionable March 20, 2018 judgment watering down the rigid arrangements of the Dalit defense law. The March 20 judgment had watered down the initial 1989 legislation, saying they were using its provisions